>can anyone recommend a good text (book, journal article, website) that
>describes the how-to's of curating an exhibit?
>
>i'm specifically interested in the actual conceptualization, research, and
>object selection process, as opposed to the coordination of design and
>installation.  any references about either art or historical exhibits would
>be appreciated.
>
>thanks!
>_________________________________________________________________
 Michael Berlcher's Exhibitions in Museums is very good. It is published by
Leicester University Press, Leicester and London and Smithsonian
Institutions Press, Washington D.C. ISBN 0 87474 913 1.

Without art we would just be monkeys with car keys.

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